Clouds gather over European environmental policy – a way ahead
Just as 2023 was declared the hottest year on record, the last few weeks have seen a series of setbacks to essential environmental reforms.
CAP reform measures are being eroded, there are calls for the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) to be delayed and diluted, massive further funding is recommended for solid (forest) bioenergy that worsens climate change with higher emissions than fossil fuels.
Now the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) is also faltering, and the Forest Monitoring Law (FML) is under threat from gross over-simplification.
This article proposes reforms to address the NRL and FML situations in particular.
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